A 44-year-old businessman, Steven Yamba, has reportedly committed suicide after clubbing his wife to death following an undisclosed marital dispute in Lusaka, Zambia.
The 33-year-old wife, Kangwa Mwango, was severely clubbed for several hours starting from Christmas Eve to Saturday, December 25, before she eventually gave up the ghost while her husband was conveying her to the University Teaching Hospital.
According to local media, Mr Yamba started beating his wife from 7:00p.m on Christmas Eve through to the early hours of Christmas Day when he noticed that she was becoming lifeless.
After doctors at UTH had confirmed that that his wife had died, Yamba reportedly sneaked into a market where he bought a bottle of Doom pesticide and drank it to his death.
Police Public Relations Officer, Rae Hamoonga, who confirmed the incident, said Yamba had severely beaten his wife who later died on Christmas morning while he was trying to ferry her to the hospital for treatment.
“Police today received a report of Murder from F/Cecilia Mwango aged 48 of six miles Kabangwe area that her sister Kangwa Mwango aged 33, was severely beaten up by her husband Steven Yamba aged 44 and eventually died on the 25th December 2021 at around 09:00 hours whilst the husband was trying to ferry her to hospital for treatment,” stated Hamoonga.
Hamoonga further disclosed that the event leading to the death of both Kangwa and Yamba started on the Christmas Eve.
“Brief facts of the case are that on the 24th December 2021 at around 1900 hours the couple had a dispute which led to a fight where the wife Kangwa Mwango was severely beaten and spent a night in the house,” the PPRO said.
“On the 25th December 2021, at around 0900 hours, the husband took her to Chawama hospital where he was advised to take her directly to University Teaching Hospital. Regrettably, she died on the way
“Upon arrival at UTH, the husband, Steven Yamba, seeing that he had caused the wife’s death, quickly sneaked to Kabwata market where he bought a bottle of Doom pesticide and committed suicide by drinking the same,” he added.
Hamoonga added that the two bodies are lying in UTH mortuary awaiting autopsy and burial.
Meanwhile, the Facebook pages of the couple are awash with their glamorous wedding pictures, with insinuation that Mrs Yamba was likely caught by her husband cheating on him, which probably prompted the beating.
There were also claims that Mr Yamba himself had been engaged in extramarital affairs with his ex-lovers before he also allegedly caught his wife with a man.
In her one of her posts on her Facebook page, Mrs Yamba is seen clutching to a little girl believed to be the daughter of the couple.